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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents in Los Angeles just confiscated a gigantic teddy bear and posted a photo of the poor guy on Instagram. And if that wasn’t enough, they gave him a depressing backstory. The TSA’s social media accounts really are a fantastic way to keep up to date on how the agency is ruining Christmas this holiday season. more

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With the way air travel is today (high security, baggage restraints and smaller seating) no one should have expected they could bring that thing on board.

Sorry about your luck.

Probably costs just as much to ship it as it did to buy it in the first place.

It's sad how this country/world is being trained to feel sympathetic for someone else's stupidity. Its like people are living by their own personal set of rules and everyone else is somehow wrong if they infringe.

Instead of feeling sorry for the teddy bear owner's ignorance or blatant disregard for others. Someone should sternly explain to them just how stupid their idea was to bring that thing on a plane.

dumbrain

Save the Teddy!
Send him over to Germany, he doesnt need any papers or stuff here.
Sad Teddy alone @ Airport makes me feel bad...
...as usual propaganda.
#SaveSadTeddy

shouldve cut his arse open, climbed inside and called it your suit

when they say its too big / heavy point at the nearest fat fuck.

Thats another thing with airlines n all, they should take your weight into consideration, some fat fucks are practically getting a free bag

Does Gwamps' head count as carry-on?

I've read the responses and some our valid points, still I think its a shame to take someone's present. You pay good money to fly, stand for hours to get thru all those machines then body searches for some of us, then to add insult to injury. After all it's Christmas, OK, I'm done. Just saying.

If you have a carry-on that doesn't fit in the overhead or under the seat and requires another seat, buy another ticket.

Simple.

Captain Mazda wrote:Does Gwamps' head count as carry-on?

YourGrandpa wrote:If you have a carry-on that doesn't fit in the overhead or under the seat and requires another seat, buy another ticket.

Looks like you have your answer.

YourGrandpa wrote:It's sad how this country/world is being trained to feel sympathetic for someone else's stupidity. Its like people are living by their own personal set of rules and everyone else is somehow wrong if they infringe.

Instead of feeling sorry for the teddy bear owner's ignorance or blatant disregard for others. Someone should sternly explain to them just how stupid their idea was to bring that thing on a plane.

For all you know, they could have won the thing in a raffle or someshit, or gotten it as a gift and had no plan on taking it on a plane in the first place. Sounds like you're projecting a fair bit of entitlement, there, big guy. Anyways, moving on!

It was a specific example to support my general comment. Not really projecting.

obsidian wrote:

Captain Mazda wrote:Does Gwamps' head count as carry-on?

YourGrandpa wrote:If you have a carry-on that doesn't fit in the overhead or under the seat and requires another seat, buy another ticket.

Looks like you have your answer.

No wonder he's never traveled outside of the swamp

YourGrandpa wrote:It was a specific example to support my general comment. Not really projecting.

Not satisfied yet.

YourGrandpa wrote:Instead of feeling sorry for the teddy bear owner's ignorance or blatant disregard for others. Someone should sternly explain to them just how stupid their idea was to bring that thing on a plane.

While I agree with your sentiment in general, in this specific case we don't know the full backstory. Maybe the owners brought it along in a "hey, if we can take it with us that's a bonus, if not, then meh, we'll get rid of it".

I had something similar with an umbrella that I had bought at the MotoGP event in the Czech Republic. Was quite an expensive one but I really needed it for the rain that was coming down on race day. When I flew back, I expected that I couldn't take it with me as handluggage due to the shape and semi pointy end of the umbrella. Brought it with me anyway and simply asked one of the airport officials at check in if I could take it on the plane. She said it was ok for me to bring it aboard so I could take it with me, but if not, I'd simply have discarded it and left it at that.

YourGrandpa wrote:If you have a carry-on that doesn't fit in the overhead or under the seat and requires another seat, buy another ticket.

Simple.

or check it in as luggage.
I don't see the problem, sounds more like an entitlement issue indeed.

MKJ wrote:or check it in as luggage.

Not always allowed I think, or costs extra money. On the flight we had to and from Czech Republic we had no option for luggage either.

There are special times of the year and on those times I think exceptions should be made

They got fucking body scanners to see you naked, why not just put the bear through that to check it and then put it with the rest of the cargo. Dumbasses.

lars63 wrote:There are special times of the year and on those times I think exceptions should be made

That's how planes get parked in skyscrapers, son.

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That's how planes get parked in skyscrapers, son.]
*LOL* Teddy bears flying airplanes, I'm sorry I had to post this, I get your point though, please refer to the Kracus post about the body scanners. Even that won't stop someone from hijacking a airplane and flying it into a building of course. It's sad what the world has come to

I think it's about the space the thing takes up inside the plane, notnso much whether or not it's a security risk.

Transient wrote:Not satisfied yet.

You or Lars either.

Eraser wrote:

YourGrandpa wrote: Maybe the owners...

Maybe not.